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>Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 12:20:45 -0500
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum               <[log in to unmask]>
>From: Dan Beeby <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #5447 "Gloss" feature in word processing
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Margo

I don't know of any Word-specific solutions (though I'm sure there's
something), but if you're interested in a web-based solution you could try
the GlossMaker at http://lang.swarthmore.edu/makers/index.htm
to annotate texts.

There might be some encoding and browser issues you'll have to face, but
the CJK version of the GlossMaker is friendlier than the original to
non-western encoding schemes (that is located at
http://lang.swarthmore.edu/cjkgloss/cjkglossmaker.htm )

Many of the other exercises that you can create through this site are very
CJK-friendly so this might offer possibilities for other types of exercises
as well as glossed texts.

I hope this helps.

Dan

At 04:03 PM 1/25/00 EST, you wrote:
>--- Forwarded Message from Margo Burns <[log in to unmask]> ---
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>>Organization: None.
>>Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 09:43:30 -0500
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>From: Margo Burns <[log in to unmask]>
>>Subject: "Gloss" feature in word processing
>
>My lab has been happily using Nisus Writer on the Mac for five years
>now, spurred by the request from our Japanese teacher that I find him
>a word processor with a feature common to word processors in Japan,
>which would allow him to put the Katakana or Hiragana pronunciation
>of a Kanji character above it.  This "gloss" feature has subsequently
>become a very useful feature for our other language teachers,
>especially Latin and Greek.
>
>Here's the problem:  I am being pressured to change to a Windows
>environment, and I simply don't know if this feature is available on
>any Windows-compatible word processors.  Can anyone make any
>suggestions?
>
>Many thanks!
>
>--Margo
>
>
>Margo Burns       603-229-4666     [log in to unmask]      http://www.sps.edu
>      Director of The Language Center, St. Paul's School, Concord, NH
>
>


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